Xbox One X GPU vs GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking346not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency13.21no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code nameGP106Scorpio
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date27 June 2017 (7 years ago)7 November 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$499

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores12802560
Core clock speed1063 MHz1172 MHz
Boost clock speed1480 MHzno data
Number of transistors4,400 million7,000 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate118.4187.5
Floating-point processing power3.789 TFLOPS6.001 TFLOPS
ROPs4832
TMUs80160

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16IGP
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount6 GB12 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed2002 MHz1700 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.2 GB/s326.4 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready+no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_0)
Shader Model6.46.0
OpenGL4.6N/A
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.1
CUDA6.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 June 2017 7 November 2017
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 12 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 150 Watt

GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB has 87.5% lower power consumption.

Xbox One X GPU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 months, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB and Xbox One X GPU. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB
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